Payson turned 3!!

These pictures are so out of order.

Payson riding her new bike.

Safety first!!

Check out these poses!! My mother in law gave Payson this whole outfit for her birthday and it is soooo adorable!! This skirt is sooo Payson, she loves anything girly. This is right before church on Sunday, her actual birthday. She had so much fun being dressed up for her birthday.


Where did she come from??

I love this girl!!

Payson turned 3 on June 14th!! I can't believe that our baby girl is 3. Upon her request she wanted a swimming princess party. Thanks to my in laws we accomplished just that, we got to swim in their pool and set up the slide again, which is always a big hit. Payson got everything a little girl could dream of. My mom made her this adorable princess cake and we also served chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting, per her request!!

Payson and her best little buddy Mary-Kate

Payson loves to jump off the diving board, she is my wild child!

BFF

Easter

Of coarse once again I didn't take hardly any pictures of my kids on Easter Sunday. We were in such a rush to get out of the house for church that I missed all opportunities to snap pics before all the lovely spit up and snacks were rubbed all over their cute Easter clothes. When we finally arrived at my in laws later that afternoon I remembered my camera and captured a few pictures of Nick and Payson trying to fly a kite.....which was very comical.



By this time Payson was SOOOOO annoyed with me trying to take pictures

I can't get enough of these two!!

She managed to find mud.....not a surprise!! Lovely!!

Bless her heart, awww I love this girl!!

We had some of our friends over on Friday to dye eggs. We had 8 children from ages 4 and under and only 3 moms....needless to say it was controlled chaos. We always have fun when we get together.

These are the babies of the group, all just so happened to be taking a little drink break together.

Happy 25th birthday babe!!

Nick turned the BIG 25 on Saturday!! We started off the morning with a big breakfast of his choice, breakfast burritos!! Payson helped me in the kitchen and Nick ate his little heart out. We surprised him with a laptop for his b-day. He's been needing one for school for a while now andI just can't ever get him to spend the money on himself, so I did it for him!! He of course loved it and spent his afternoon doing homework on it.....what fun on your b-day!! We then headed over to his mom's for a little birthday celebration where he got hooked up with some more accessories for his computer, which he loved!! After that we dropped the kiddo's off at my mom's and went out to dinner and to the Hale theater. We were the youngest one's in that place by at least 50 years!! A few years ago we won tickets to attend a play at the Hale theatre and to my MAJOR dismay Nick loved it.....such a random thing for him to enjoy!! I have to say I'm not a fan of theatre or really movies for that matter, just way to much A.D.D. to sit through!! Anyway, I got him tickets to see "The King and I" for his birthday, I kept hearing it should be a great play. Well, we got through the first half and at intermission we left......we both were sooooo bored!! We decided that we or should I say Nick only enjoys the comedy play's. Anyway, we had a great day and it was fun making it all about Nick. He truly is an amazing husband and father. I honestly don't know how he does what he does, works full time... plus some, goes to school, serves in the church and makes time for us, Always!! He has the most patience in the entire world and would do anything for anybody. He honestly is the most thoughtful kind hearted person I know and did I mention the funniest most outta control person too!! We love you babe, Happy Birthday!!!

More Valentine's Day fun!

Our ward had a Valentine's Dinner that night so we got one of the Young Women from our ward to watch our kids. We had Mary-Kate and Lowee come over to join the party, these girls could play all night if we let them, their like sisters!! We walked into the house at around 9pm and this is what we found!! The girls were dressed up in these 1990's dance costumes of my cousins, just singing and dancing there little hearts out!! We were all cracking up, and our sweet little Rigdon stayed fast asleep during all the commotion!! Thanks Jade and Cheyenne for the costumes, they really are a big hit around here!!

Valentine's Day.....or is it Balemtimes Day!!!

Valentine's Day or according to Payson it's "Balemtime's Day" we had her little friend Sadie over to make cupcakes. These two were a crack up, I think they had more fun eating the frosting and cake batter!!
Here's the final product, they did a pretty dang good job and they were delicious!

Sleeping Beauty hair

This morning I was getting Payson ready for church and she insisted on having "Sleeping Beauty" hair. I asked her what that looked like and she said "LONG mom!!" Like I should know that sort of thing....duh!! I always put her hair up in some sort of way after Nick butchered her hair a few months ago, I just can't stand the mullet look!! So I tried straightening it and it actually looked pretty cute and she loved it. I thought she looked so grown up, she was proud!!

Best little buds

Payson and Rigdon have become the best little buddies. He loves, loves, loves his sister and laughs at her every move. It is so much fun to have these two and watch their relationship grow. I'm sure we'll be reading this in a few years and wonder what happened but right now it is the best.

So many people think they look so much a like, Payson was a MUCH bigger baby than he is though!!

I love this little boy, he is the cutest!! He is changing so much. He is almost sitting up, eating baby food, STILL won't take a bottle, sleeping almost through the whole night.....yea for me, and recognizing when I leave him.....momma's boy!! He is the best little baby, if all ours were like him I would have 10!!

Doesn't she seem so big? She is growing up so much!! Payson has recently become completely potty trained, we are THRILLED!!!

Swim Lessons

Payson started swim lessons last week and she loved every minute of it. I was a little nervous that she wouldn't get in since she hasn't been swimming since summer time but she got right in and down to business. There are only 5 kids in her class and one of them happens to be her best little boy friend, Tyce! They just giggled and giggled at every little thing and they both did so awesome!! She has been practicing her moves ever since and can't wait until tomorrow to go again.

The teacher was showing her how to do something and when I showed her this picture on my camera she said that her and Ms. Stacy were dancing.......such a girl thing to say!!

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On our way out the door for swim,

Rigdon is such a little trooper, he loves his sister!!

Family Picture Time

Kelsea Elwood took our pictures this year and they turned out great!! Thanks Kelsea!! Payson loved the camera and Rigdon was a trooper, not once did he fuss!!